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BEFORE THE SESSION Membership Junior Membership for the 2025 Season is £50, payable through the ECB links (for AllStars and Dynamos) and payable by Direct Debit (for U11, U13, U15) when completing our 2025 Membership Form. U18 players will play the same rate as “Students”. Training Fees The one-off cost for the training sessions is £50 for U11’s, U13’s and U15’s. U18’s are exempt from training fees because they will be expected to pay £5 match fees when playing senior cricket. All Stars and Dynamos pay a £3 training fee per week after the 8-week programme has concluded. Kit and Equipment All players must come to the session changed and ready to play. Sharing of equipment should be limited, so it is advised that each player (Year 5/Year 6/U11 and above) has their own kit bag. Items which are important for hard ball cricket include: Bat; Pads; Gloves; Helmet; Box; Thigh-pad(s). Please write initials on ALL of your son/daughters’ equipment. Sports Direct have suitable stock available for first time buyers. Alternatively, you can try a specialist shop – such as Cricket Kingdom – who will be visiting the club at regular occasions throughout the season. For All Stars players, please wear blue All Stars t-shirt and bring other equipment to every session (bat, bag, stumps etc). For Dynamos players, please wear yellow Dynamos t-shirt to every session. If you have your own bat, you can bring this with you as well, but this is not essential. Please write name/initials on ALL of your son/daughters’ equipment. Ashton on Mersey CC don’t have any control over the All Stars or Dynamos kit, in terms of delivery dates, sizes, exchanges. For any issues with kit, you will need to contact the ECB directly via this link: Where is my kit?   Weather In the event of inclement weather, a message will be posted on our WhatsApp groups at least 30 minutes before the start of the session. Coaching For the 2025 season, we are pleased to announce a collaborative arrangement between the club and the Sumit Panda Cricket Academy who along with his team of experienced, high quality and committed coaches, will be providing the coaching for all of the players. The length of the U11, U13, U15 and U18 sessions will be increased to give the best chance for the players to increase their potential and access the best possible fielding, batting and bowling coaching sessions on a weekly basis.  DURING THE SESSION Arrival  Travelling up and down Little Ees Lane can be very difficult when it’s busy, so we have arranged the timing of the sessions to limit the number of people overlapping from one session to another and to reduce congestion on the lane. Therefore, please arrive in good time before your session is due to start. Please meet at the side of the clubhouse and register players with one of the junior organisers who will ask the players to go to a particular area of the outfield where your session will start. Kit bags are best left with parents or near the nets – ready for the batting session. The Practice Session Coaches will guide the players through the skills as normal, ensuring all the players have fun and make progress. Parents can follow your son/daughter around during the session or watch the session from the beer garden. Coaches are restricted in what help they can provide the players, so we ask parents to be available to support your son/daughter in case of an injury or by helping put any kit on. AFTER THE SESSION Clubhouse Parents and players are welcome to use the clubhouse facilities – ensuring that our Club rules and policies (available on the club website) are read and followed. Please look out for our food and drinks promotions on Thursday and Friday nights – especially for Juniors, Parents and Families. Matches Your Junior Team Manager will communicate and organise the teams for the weekly matches through the WhatsApp groups. Where possible all players will get an opportunity to play in the matches, but if there are lots of players within each age group, then priority will be given to those that show the best behaviour, attitude and commitment to the training sessions. We will also try to arrange friendly matches to increase the number of opportunities for the players.

U11; U13; U15; U18 Membership Plans At AOMCC we will organise an 18-week Summer programme. To become a NEW member for the 2025 season, please complete our 2025 Membership Form. Returning members will automatically renew for 2025, so don’t need to sign up again. The cost for membership is £50, plus the opportunity to play in the team fixtures. Without membership, players will not be eligible for selection to the teams. All training sessions are at AOMCC home ground, Little Ees Lane, M33 5GT. The 18-week training starts w/c 21 April. Training fee cost is £50 for all 18-weeks. There won’t be an option to pay on a weekly basis. Training fee will need to be made by Monday 12 May. On some of the U13 and U15 Thursday sessions, there will be a Senior Cricket T20 Cup competition taking place. In this case, the Thursday sessions will have to be cancelled or the plans changed to accommodate the number of coaches we have available and the space available to train.   The U11’s, U13’s, U15’s and U18’s will enter teams into the South Manchester Junior Cricket League. News about training, fixtures and selection will be through the 2025 WhatsApp Groups. Year 5 and 6 – U11 Training – Friday – 6.30-8.00pm U11 League Team Managers: Matt Johnson, Raj Kumar, Jamel Benzafar Date of First Training: Friday 25 April (Friday 25 April and Friday 2 May will be 6.00-7.30pm) Game Days: Sunday morning – 9.00am-12.00noon Year 7 and 8 – U13 Training – Thursday – 6.00-8.00pm U13 Team Managers: Mark Ford, Dave Tudor, Mark Timms Date of First Training: Thursday 24 April U13 Game Days: Friday evening – 5.00-8.00pm Year 9 and 10 – U15 Training – Thursday – 6.00-8.00pm U15 Team Managers: Nick McHugh and Vivek Tharaken Date of First Training: Thursday 24 April  U15 Game Days: Monday or Tuesday evenings – 5.00-8.00pm Year 11, Year 12 and Year 13 – U18 Training – Tuesday – 6.00-8.00pm U18 League Team Managers: Matt Jones and Yusuf Bhamjee Date of First Training: Tuesday 22 April Game Days: Thursday evenings – 5.00-8.00pm